An active tick year in Colorado

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June has brought ticks: summer has arrived. Ticks start hunting on the warm days of spring, preparing their legs for the main summer hunt. They are mainly found in the thickets of the common hogweed (Pteridium aquilinum), swinging on the ends of leaves hanging by the roadside, until an animal of interest passes by; it jumps and grabs onto clothing or wool or… Then it slowly searches the body, carefully examines it and inserts its stinger in a fa…

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The tick encephalitis virus is still a rare disease, transmitted by some ticks. Nevertheless, the National Health Security Agency (Anses) warns about an expansion of the infestation zone, and notes the emergence of new modes of transmission. Some cases of contamination via raw milk or raw milk cheeses have been reported since 2020.